Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents
Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their child and put him/her at risk. Furthermore, parents forget that they are not owners of their children’s data but just the legal representatives o...
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| author | Iskül Anna-Maria Joamets Kristi |
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| description | Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their child and put him/her at risk. Furthermore, parents forget that they are not owners of their children’s data but just the legal representatives of the child with an obligation to act only for the best interests of the child. A child’s right to privacy and the protection of his/her data is regulated in international, EU and national level, however, this is not enough to avoid malpractice of the data of a child. This article analyses social media dangers and whether parental actions result in privacy and online safety violations focusing on legal regulations and their interpretations in international, EU and national level exploring child’s right to privacy, consent of the child and the right to be forgotten. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab0d9697566747d98f7015f36a6249172022-12-21T21:23:23ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Law & Politics2029-04542021-12-0114210112210.2478/bjlp-2021-0012Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing ParentsIskül Anna-Maria0Joamets Kristi1Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law (Estonia)Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law (Estonia)Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their child and put him/her at risk. Furthermore, parents forget that they are not owners of their children’s data but just the legal representatives of the child with an obligation to act only for the best interests of the child. A child’s right to privacy and the protection of his/her data is regulated in international, EU and national level, however, this is not enough to avoid malpractice of the data of a child. This article analyses social media dangers and whether parental actions result in privacy and online safety violations focusing on legal regulations and their interpretations in international, EU and national level exploring child’s right to privacy, consent of the child and the right to be forgotten.https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0012child and social mediachild’s rightsdata protectionoversharing personal dataparental responsibilityright to be forgotten |
| spellingShingle | Iskül Anna-Maria Joamets Kristi Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents Baltic Journal of Law & Politics child and social media child’s rights data protection oversharing personal data parental responsibility right to be forgotten |
| title | Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents |
| title_full | Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents |
| title_fullStr | Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents |
| title_short | Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents |
| title_sort | child right to privacy and social media personal information oversharing parents |
| topic | child and social media child’s rights data protection oversharing personal data parental responsibility right to be forgotten |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0012 |
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